Billy Gernon
# Billy Gernon

Billy Gernon is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season. He previously served as head coach of the IPFW Mastodons baseball team during their transition from Division II to Division I.

Gernon played three seasons at Indiana–Southeast before transferring to Indiana for his final season. In his senior season, he served as the Hoosiers closer. He later served as a student assistant coach with the Hoosiers. During that 1996 season, Indiana claimed the Big Ten baseball tournament championship and earned a berth in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. He then served two seasons as pitching coach at IPFW while completing an education degree. He became head coach of the Mastodons prior to the 2000 season. Gernon guided the team from Division II to Division I and entry into The Summit League in 2008. He then served two seasons as an assistant at Michigan State before earning the head coaching job at Western Michigan.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IPFW Mastodons (D2) (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2000–2001) ||||||
| 2000 | IPFW | 21–25 | 12–15 | 5th (North) | |
| 2001 | IPFW | 11–34–1 | 6–22 | 6th (North) | |
| IPFW (DII): | IPFW (DII): | 32–59–1 | 18–37 | | |
| IPFW Mastodons (DI) (Independent) (2002–2007) ||||||
| 2002 | IPFW | 19–24 | | | |
| 2003 | IPFW | 17–31–1 | | | |
| 2004 | IPFW | 20–28 | | | |
| 2005 | IPFW | 24–24 | | | |
| 2006 | IPFW | 21–28 | | | |
| 2007 | IPFW | 9–37 | | | |
| IPFW Mastodons (Summit League) (2008) ||||||
| 2008 | IPFW | 14–36–1 | 10–17 | 6th | |
| IPFW (DI): | IPFW (DI): | 124–208–2 | 10–17 | | |
| IPFW (total): | IPFW (total): | 156–267–3 | | | |
| Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (2011–present) ||||||
| 2011 | Western Michigan | 26–31 | 12–14 | 5th (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2012 | Western Michigan | 26–29 | 14–12 | 3rd (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2013 | Western Michigan | 16–38 | 8–19 | 6th (West) | |
| 2014 | Western Michigan | 24–31 | 11–16 | 3rd (West) | |
| 2015 | Western Michigan | 22–30 | 13–14 | 4th (West) | |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 22–34 | 11–13 | 5th (West) | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 24–29 | 12–12 | 4th (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 23–25 | 12–13 | 7th | |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 18–31 | 11–14 | 7th | |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 9–6 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 24–26 | 23–17 | T-3rd | |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 18–36 | 15–24 | 8th | |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 21–31 | 18–11 | 4th (West) | MAC tournament |
| Western Michigan: | Western Michigan: | 273–377 | 160–179 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 429–644–3 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

* ↑ The two division winners and next six best finishers, regardless of division, qualified for the Tournament in 2011. 12 teams competed in the MAC.
* ↑ The two division winners and next six best finishers, regardless of division, qualified for the Tournament in 2011. 12 teams competed in the MAC.
